Niacin forms part of the B Vitamins group and is also called vitamin B3

Niacin helps the body in more than 50 processes, and is a crucial vitamin to our health, when a sever deficiency of niacin occurs, the deficiency disease is called pellagra. Pellagra is know by the four Ds: diarrhea, dermatitis, dementia and death. In the early 20th century Pellagra killed thousands of people in the south who had a diet based mainly on corn.Today pellagra is almost unknown in the developed world, although it unfortunately still happens in impoverished areas of Asia and Africa.

Because the niacin in corn is uanvailable for easy assimilation by our body, and corn is low in essential amino acid tryptophan, which can create niacin in the body. Niacin works in conjuction with riboflavin and pyridoxine, b vitamins bare considered the stars in energy production for our body, and are also importante for our skin, nervous system and of course digestion.

Niacin can produce whats know as the “niacin flush” in some cases this can be in amounts as low as 35 mg, but is will happen much essayer going into amounts over 1000 mg, which is thousands of times more than the recommended daily dose. The sensation of the niacin flush is like a big blush, it dilates your capillaries causing your face to turn red and feels hot or tingling. The RDA for men is around 16 mg a day and 14 mg for women.

Niacin is good for:

Niacin hdl cholesterol:

High Cholesterol has become an increasing problem over the past decade. And you will find ads everywhere about drugs that will help you prevent heart attacks. But this can be done with Niacin instead.

Large doses of nicotinic acid, (Niacin) can lower your bad cholesterol LDL and raise your good cholesterol HDL. You will need to raise it between 2 and 3 grams a day, and studies have shown that lowering our LDL cholesterol adn triglycerides, and raising our HDLS cholesterol, helps decrease risk of heart attack death.

Before taking niacin supplements to lower cholesterol you must consult a doctor, as the doses is so high that it becomes a drug and must be controlled by a doctor. People with liver problems, diabetes, ulcers, taking high blood pressure medication or gout could make these problems worse by taking niacin, so go and check with your docto first.

Niacin can also help in depression and anxiety treatments, dizzines (vertigo) and rigingin in the ears (tinnitus), some researches claim that it can also help cure shizophrenia, but there is no real evidence.

Before treating yourself with niacin it is highly recommended you consult a doctor.

Most of more than 50 processes that niacin is essential for in our body, are producing energy from food we eat. Niacin is responsible for making the enzymes which help our cells turn carbohydrates into energy. It also helps control the glucose leve in our blood which again helps with the energy release when needed.

Large amounts of niacin can be a valuable treatment for lowering high cholesterol hdl, these amounts are much much more than the RDA.

Niacin can be found specially in : Meath, chicken, fish, beans, peas, peanut butter, milk, diary products, nuts and many baked goods. Vegeterians and vegans should eat plenty of nuts and whole grains such as oatmeal to meet their RDAs.